My wanderings

Between classes and homework (which I certainly have a lot of, considering I'm only in two classes), I've begun to explore the city little by little in my solo wanderings. I concluded my last post with the hopes to head to Gibert Jeune. I did this, however, their english literature section is mostly a ragtag bunch of used books without any apparent organizational system, so I kind of gave up on that hope. That got me doing some internet research for American bookstores in Paris. I found quite the list, and embarked on my mission to find them one at a time.

I started out with The Abbey Bookshop, an old and enchanting bookstore located on a small pedestrian street near St Germain-des-Pres. It was founded by a man from Toronto, and is packed from floor to ceiling with towering stacks of books. It reminded me a lot of Olivander's wand shop!

After this, I went on the hunt for Shakespeare & Co., but I didn't wander in the right direction I guess. So instead I ended up walking along the Quais near Notre Dame, checking out postcards and tourist shops, and finding some cheap eats (a sandwich on a baguette + drink 3€!).

The next night, Audrey and I went out again in search of the next two bookstores on my list - and she wanted to stop in to LUSH while we were out as well. The good news is that I found BOTH of the bookstores I was looking for this time, and was super excited to see that one of them even has a little grocery store uptop where you can buy halloween candy, cereal, reese's, aerobars, etc. I bought the book I wanted, and then showed Audrey the area I had found the night before. We stopped to check out the menu at a rotisserie and decided to buy dinner out, something we've done a surprisingly little amount since we've gotten here. It was a good idea. We both got the menu "à 10€", which allowed us the choice of an appetizer, entree, and dessert. I ordered french onion soup, turkey in a cream/mushroom sauce, and apple pie for dessert, with a greek beer. 

That meal was potentially the best food I have had so far this year, and definitely my favorite thing since being in Paris (aside from the insane street crêpes). The soup was sooo flavorful with melted emmental cheese on top, and the turkey was super tender. The apple pie was nothing to brag about, but I'm from New York so I can't expect much...

The following day we went to both of our classes and did homework in between, and went to bed early that night. 

Then tonight, we had class from 2-4 as usual, came home, and I went out wandering again. I checked out our neighboring area and found some falafel places around the corner from us, a Chipotle (yes, a real Chipotle), managed to buy myself some stamps and a new pair of boots. Now I'm home, blogging, and about to go to bed before I get up at the crack of dawn for my insanely early class. À bientôt!